VII Turniej Szachowy na Kategorie Centralna
Open SwissStandard
23 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 16 Feb 2026 to 19 Feb 2026 in Bytom, Poland. Top 10 Elo average was 1725, and top seed was Piotr Karwacki (🇵🇱 POL, 1944).
Piotr Karwacki (🇵🇱 POL, 1944) won with 7.0/7, ahead of Maciej Hryniewicz (5.0) and Patryk Dembicz (5.0). Karwacki won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 6: Miroslaw Gruszczynski (1527) beat Aleksander Cichocki (1743), a +216-point gap.
Location
🇵🇱Bytom, Poland
Dates
16 Feb 2026 → 19 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇵🇱Poland×23
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsPiotr Karwacki led from R4; +2.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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6
3
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R4–R7 · LEAD HELD
Piotr Karwacki never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +2.0 over the runner-up.
R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Piotr Karwacki beat Patryk Dembicz (White).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Piotr Karwacki 7 wins (R1–R7)Patryk Dembicz 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Piotr Karwacki | * | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2Patryk Dembicz | 0 | * | — | — |
| 3Maciej Hryniewicz | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Stanislaw Piotrowski | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karwacki, Piotr | 1944 | POL | +10N | +4B | +2N | +5B | +7N | +3B | +8N | 7.0 | 27.0 | 30.5 | 30.50 | 2516 | +31.6 |
| 2 | Hryniewicz, Maciej | 1727 | POL | +13N | +15B | −1B | =11N | =6B | +5N | +9B | 5.0 | 26.0 | 28.5 | 17.75 | 1785 | +20.4 |
| 3 | Dembicz, Patryk | 1760 | POL | +18N | +11B | +12N | −7B | +5N | −1N | +6B | 5.0 | 26.0 | 28.0 | 17.00 | 1860 | +19.8 |
| 4 | Piotrowski, Stanislaw | 1625 | POL | +22B | −1N | +16B | =10N | +11B | =6N | +12B | 5.0 | 24.0 | 25.5 | 14.75 | 1740 | +30.0 |
| 5 | Musial, Patryk | 1919 | POL | +9B | +8N | +6B | −1N | −3B | −2B | +11N | 4.0 | 29.0 | 32.5 | 15.50 | 1730 | -28.4 |
| 6 | Fysz, Marcin | 1579 | POL | +19N | +7B | −5N | +12B | =2N | =4B | −3N | 4.0 | 26.5 | 28.5 | 14.50 | 1745 | +53.6 |
| 7 | Cichocki, Aleksander | 1743 | POL | +17B | −6N | +18B | +3N | −1B | −9N | +14B | 4.0 | 25.5 | 27.5 | 12.50 | 1668 | -24.4 |
| 8 | Meslin, Pawel | 1667 | POL | +16N | −5B | =15N | +14B | +10N | =12B | −1B | 4.0 | 23.5 | 26.0 | 12.00 | 1744 | +9.0 |
| 9 | Gruszczynski, Miroslaw | 1527 | POL | −5N | −16B | +21N | +15B | +13N | +7B | −2N | 4.0 | 21.5 | 23.0 | 11.50 | 1707 | +33.2 |
| 10 | Romanowski, Stanislaw | 1567 | POL | −1B | +21N | +20N | =4B | −8B | =14N | =13N | 3.5 | 24.0 | 25.5 | 8.75 | 1556 | -10.4 |
| 11 | Pienio, Milena | 1579 | POL | +20B | −3N | +23B | =2B | −4N | +15N | −5B | 3.5 | 23.0 | 24.0 | 7.50 | 1540 | -11.6 |
| 12 | Wisniowski, Marcel | 1692 | POL | +21B | +23N | −3B | −6N | +18B | =8N | −4N | 3.5 | 21.5 | 22.5 | 6.50 | 1470 | -59.2 |
| 13 | Fysz, Daria | 1444 | POL | −2B | =14N | =17B | +16N | −9B | +18N | =10B | 3.5 | 20.5 | 22.5 | 9.00 | 1502 | +17.6 |
| 14 | Piotrowska, Jadwiga | 1590 | POL | −15N | =13B | +19N | −8N | +17B | =10B | −7N | 3.0 | 20.0 | 22.0 | 8.00 | 1504 | -24.8 |
| 15 | Adamczyk, Pawel | 0 | POL | +14B | −2N | =8B | −9N | +23N | −11B | F | 2.5 | 22.0 | 23.0 | 6.00 | 1468 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Rajsz, Mateusz | 0 | POL | −8B | +9N | −4N | −13B | +22B | =17N | F | 2.5 | 21.5 | 23.0 | 6.75 | 1393 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Sobianek, Kacper | 1447 | POL | −7N | =19B | =13N | =23B | −14N | =16B | =20N | 2.5 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 5.25 | 1355 | -22.8 |
| 18 | Dziwinski, Cezary | 1477 | POL | −3B | +22N | −7N | +20B | −12N | −13B | F | 2.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 3.00 | 1371 | -28.4 |
| 19 | Ksiezopolski, Grzegorz | 0 | POL | −6B | =17N | −14B | −22N | F | =20B | +23N | 2.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 3.00 | 1316 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Ksiezopolski, Marek | 0 | POL | −11N | F | −10B | −18N | =21B | =19N | =17B | 1.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 3.00 | 1198 | -37.2 |
| 21 | Hekner, Bartosz | 0 | POL | −12N | −10B | −9B | F | =20N | =23B | =22N | 1.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 2.00 | 1229 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Rozek, Milosz | 0 | POL | −4N | −18B | F | +19B | −16N | F | =21B | 1.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 2.75 | 750 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Wojtas, Beniamin | 0 | POL | F | −12B | −11N | =17N | −15B | =21N | −19B | 1.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 2.00 | 1301 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Fysz, MarcinPOL+53.64.0 pts · #7
- 2Gruszczynski, MiroslawPOL+33.24.0 pts · #12
- 3Karwacki, PiotrPOL+31.67.0 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Wisniowski, MarcelPOL-59.23.5 pts · #16
- 2Ksiezopolski, MarekPOL-37.21.5 pts · #22
- 3Musial, PatrykPOL-28.44.0 pts · #3
Biggest upsets
- R6+216 Elo gap
- R6+192 Elo gap
- R2+164 Elo gap